One of my great laments is that education today seems to have... be less about passion and more about process, more about tactic or technique.

Dreams about the future are always filled with gadgets.

Claiming there is no other life in the universe is like scooping up some water, looking at the cup and claiming there are no whales in the ocean.

Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.

Need a distraction today? Not only does 12 + 1 = 11 + 2, but the letters "twelve plus one" rearrange to give you "eleven plus two."

We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.

The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.

Today, scientists sound the alarm on other environmental dangers. Vested interests still hire their own scientists to confuse the issue. But in the end, nature, will not be fooled.

If you're really successful at bullshitting, it means you're not hanging around enough people smarter than you.

We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.

Santa knows Physics: Of all colors, Red Light penetrates fog best. That's why Benny the Blue-nosed reindeer never got the gig.

It doesn't matter what anybody thinks of what I do. The clock doesn't lie.

Creativity is just connecting things.

I think it's important to realize that we're all just human. I mean, nobody is supernatural.

One road leads home and a thousand roads lead into the wilderness.

Do what gives you bliss.

I sat for a moment, figuring things out, then decided to stay there. If I was on the floor, I couldn't fall down.

You have to wipe yourself down, to stay clean. If ya' girl clean, and ya' thoughts clean, wipe 'em down. Wipe 'em down man.

I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think, is that - how to express this - you really must make the self.

There are three things, and three things only, that can lift the pain of mortality and ease the ravages of life. These are wine, women and song.

He doesn't know the meaning of the word fear. Of course, there are lots of other words he doesn't know either.